Ingenuity Quote by Kerry James Marshall

“Narratives of racial exceptionality obscure the reality of ongoing institutional white control while reinforcing ideologies of individualism and meritocracy. They also do whites a…

— Robin DiAngelo

The more I consider the condition of the white men, the more fixed becomes my opinion that, instead of gaining, they have lost much…

— Tomochichi

White men seem to have difficulty in realizing that people who live differently from themselves still might be traveling the upward and progressive road…

— Luther Standing Bear

The great white advantage has been living inside history, adapting to its constant demands, nurturing the values and the habits of life that allow…

— Shelby Steele

We have taken so much from your culture, I wish you had taken something from ours...For there were some beautiful and good things within…

— Chief Dan George

America certainly has made extraordinary progress. The collective unconscious of the nation has certainly shifted as a result of the civil rights movement and…

— Michael Eric Dyson

I am thankful, however, that some of our white brothers have grasped the meaning of this social revolution and committed themselves to it. They…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

The sprinkling of people of color through elite institutions in the United States, due to affirmative action policies and the limited progress of middle-class…

— Michelle Alexander

Poor privileged white men. Their stranglehold on power is slowly being loosened.

— Madeleine M. Kunin

“It is particularly important for white Americans to approach this subject matter with the right goals in mind. Our goal must be sight, transformation,…

— Daniel Hill

I have seen periods of progress followed by reaction. I have seen the hopes and aspirations of Negroes rise during World War II, only…

— Bayard Rustin

Especially in the sphere of social activism, I think we tend to unwittingly conceptualize progress or revolution as black and white and having a…

— Julien Baker